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The challenges facing small island developing states will be high on the agenda at the next Americas Regional Platform on DRR
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Jamaica welcomes 'glorious opportunity'

The 7th Americas regional platform for disaster risk reduction will be hosted by Jamaica in 2020, the first time a Caribbean country hosts the prestigious event.

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The Americas and Caribbean meeting on DRR closed with a high-level ministerial segment
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Jamaica to host 2020 DRR meeeting

The Americas and the Caribbean renewed commitment to implement the Sendai Framework at close of regional platform in Colombia.

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Americas makes resilience a priority

Americas conference closes with call to make disaster risk reduction a public policy priority.

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Andria Grosvenor, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, speaking at the Americas Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction
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Caribbean rises to resilience challenge

Building on the experience of the record-breaking 2017 hurricane season, countries in the Caribbean are taking the opportunity to transform their resilience capacity, according to speakers at the Regional Platform in Cartagena, Colombia.

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A model shows the history of disasters at Colombia's Museum of Risk Reduction - the second in Latin America
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Sendai can "unleash" science on disaster risk reduction

Scientists meeting at the Regional Platform for the Americas discuss Sendai Framework as an opportunity to “unleash” science in the service of reducing the risks posed by natural disasters that take so many lives each year

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Mayors meet in Cartagena to share plans for reducing disaster losses
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Cities share plans to reduce disaster loss

At the Regional Platform for the Americas, mayors from five cities share their plans to reduce disaster losses as part of a three-year programme.

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Hurricane Mitch at peak intensity on October 26, 1998 at 19:15 UTC. At the time, it was a Category 5 hurricane. (Credit: NOAA/NASA Satellite image)
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DRR before and after Hurricane Mitch

The Americas Regional Platform had a wide-ranging discussion on the development of disaster risk reduction in Central America since Hurricane Mitch twenty years ago.

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UNISDR head, Mami Mizutori, speaking at the opening of the 6th Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas
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UNISDR head calls for more inclusion in DRR

The head of UNISDR, Mami Mizutori, today told the Americas Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, that effective disaster risk management requires an inclusive, all-of-societry approach.

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President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, addressing the 6th Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas
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Colombia cites progress on risk management

The prompt evacuation of those threatened by recent landslides at the Ituango hydroelectric dam project was cited today as evidence of Colombia's progress on disaster risk management.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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Colombia President opens disaster risk meeting

Americas Regional Platform for disaster risk reduction is opened today by the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos who calls it "an amazing opportunity" to make progress on reducing disaster risk.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

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